Probate Code section 7000

Subject to Section 7001, title to a decedent’s property passes on the decedent’s death to the person to whom it is devised in the decedent’s last will or, in the absence of such a devise, to the decedent’s heirs as prescribed in the laws governing intestate succession.

Source: Section 7000, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=7000. (accessed May 26, 2025).

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May 12, 2025

§ 7000’s source at ca.gov

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/probate_code_section_7000

Original Source: Section 7000, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=7000. (last accessed May 12, 2025).